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How to pronounce horizontal in English?

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Type Words
Derivation horizontality


a horizontal surface.
Type Words
Type of orientation

Examples of horizontal

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These berms force any underseepage to travel longer on its horizontal migration.
From the sacbee.com
This gives hemlock trees that soft, horizontal, wispy, flat-branched appearance.
From the dispatch.com
Since you're using the phone in horizontal mode, the Back button is facing down.
From the cnn.com
Cut sandwich into 3 horizontal strips, then 3 vertical strips to make 9 squares.
From the kentucky.com
When done properly, a penny should bounce when dropped on the horizontal screen.
From the dailyherald.com
She eschewed the rules of perspective, stylizing her spaces as horizontal bands.
From the boston.com
From 3000 feet, I could see the horizontal bands of black coal awaiting removal.
From the bloomberg.com
The team took electrical readings from single isolated retinal horizontal cells.
From the sciencedaily.com
This represents the effective horizontal tolerance in positioning of the camera.
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More examples
  • Parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
  • Something that is oriented horizontally
  • (horizontally) in a horizontal direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
  • Horizontal is the Bee Gees' fourth studio album, and second to receive international release. The LP was released in early 1968, and included the international hit singles "Massachusetts" and "World".
  • Tangent to the geoid or parallel to a plane that is tangent to the geoid.
  • Moving straight across from side to side rather than up-and-down. For example, the top edge of a piece of paper is horizontal.
  • Horizontal means lying down or flat, like a floor. This is the opposite of vertical. A horizontal line and a vertical line are perpendicular
  • Cable that runs from a device to the communications closet.
  • Pertaining to the winch or windlass. Drive shaft, capstan and chainwheel axis is positioned horizontally to the deck.